Tiger337

40 million is not a lot for a pitcher of his caliber. The problem is the years. Pitchers always get hurt including Skubal three times already.

Yes, that's what I am thinking for Montero. Unfortunately, they don't really have a true fireman. Do they?

I hope they don't move Melton there. He may be their best pitcher at the moment. Skubal, Valdez, Mize, Melton. I think Montero might be really good in the bullpen. Flaherty or Verlander can start. The other can go to the pen. Yeah, I know Verlander have status/contracts, but I hope the Tigers do what's best for winning games.

Melton is starting. Verlander is pitching another rehab game.

I think they gave Petry boring goggles as part of the routine. They like to tease him as the straight man.

It seems to me as if they really liked him at one point since they offered him a long-term deal. My guess is that they are not using him against LHP until he masters RHP. Perhaps, they think he'll need a different approach versus LHP and they don't want to mess him up. I think the bigger problem is his lack of power. He's not a good fielder, so he is not going to be a regular if he isn't a plus hitter including power.

Lackey and Jock Hugger are considered offensive. The politically correct term is Harris Slappy.

Can we get update on his stat line?

It's doable if you're a Padre fan. Tatis and Machado are both having bad years and they have huge long-term expensive contracts.

All because Stone Garrett would not share the peanut butter knife.

He definitely seemed to throw it and the intent seemed to be to interfere. It seems like it should be interference, but I'm not sure what the rule is. Does intent matter if it doesn't hit him?

Based on their current OPS (.804), they would score about 820 runs or roughly 5 runs per game. Their pitching staff with a 3.90 FIP would be expected to give up 630 runs. That's a run differential of 190 runs assuming average defense (maybe not a great assuimption but it's all hypithetical). So, about 100 wins.

"Biggest win of the year". That always sounds stupid especially when it's June and the team is 10 games behind, but it sure felt like a big win. I wasn't expecting a come back today, but once McGonigle came up with a chance to win it against a pitcher who did not have it today, I knew there was a good chance. Nobody else in the line-up would have given me that feeling.

You could argue that Montero firing the ball close to his head was more egregious than anythng Naylor did. I liked Naylor's reaction. I don't know if it would help the Tigers win more, but I would like to see a few Tigers with some personality.

Coincidence or did Chas know something? Were any unusually large bets placed before this game?